New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-08
ENGLAND AND THE FISHERIES
OFFICIAL HESITATION WHICH MAY MEAN
A CHANGE OF FRONT.

scoprs A RIG PoINr-THE NAVY DIsGRACED
-uOSoRs TO PROFESSOR TYNDALL-
COUNT BEUsT's SPEECHES.
icy CABLE TO THE TRIBUNEl
Copvyfch,; 1887, North Amertcan Cable Nt"s CO.
Ioynoy. April 7-Sir James Fergusons state
nent in the House of Commons respecting VI.
Canadian dispute is remarkable. Tho la'esC
dispatch1 Le says-meaning tie dispatch covering
the Canadian modus vivendi proposal VIII
shortly be published Ihe proposals adufesscd "
Washington are those of tie English Government
but are in harmony with the views of the Govern
mcnt of Canada" They may be IN harmony I'D
one sense, but if England has adoEed Canad'ah
views to anything like q fun extent, 1t Is ne"
scpanure This Government six weeks ago were
for % policy of Cancellation and common sense,
aer r moved from the veXatious schemes hatched
ct Ottawa. They had at that time received the
Canadian pIoTosal, and were in fun possession OF
the Canadian views, but were not disposed u
adopt them or even transmit them without i'm
portant notifications. So clear were they ABOUT
The matter that they intended to send. the first
week of March, q dispatch which was not actually
forwarded Till March &c. What caused the de-
Law or what happened in the interval is a matter
III cOnjcc uIc but nOti Llg has happ.nod TO change
English opinion or English desire for settlement
Of the whO.e question an equitable oasis. Ii
Lord Salisbury has Constituted himself attorney
for Canada. there remain Members OF Iafhanieh'
who viii not be content to argue the on Sir
John MacdOnald's instructions. PROBABLY the
Colon al Office has had as much to say on tins
subject as the Foreign Office, Sir Henry Holland
being new broom, anxious to sweep clean
Mr. Balfour moved the second reading of the
Coercion bill tuesday night by the time -honored
Parliamentary method of raising his hat. Sn
Bernhard Samuelson's amendment followed al
once. Debate has since proceeded, Of httle IN
tcrcst left mostly to unknown or second-Iate men
More significant is the debate outside. Agta-
t1on against CoeroiOB, organized by The Liberals
Is aetting wei under way. Mere caucus meetings
are being followed by popular gatherings. The
Council of the Na.ional Liberal Federation, which
is the head caucus of all, held special sitting
Yesterday and passed strong resolutions of hos
uIIty to Coercion and support to Mr.. Gladstone
uhe most important and imposing demonstration
Vet held was ut Victoria Hall, South London,
which holds three thousand people, who received
Mr. John Morloy's eloquent and impassloncd speech
with cnlhlL iasm Mr.. Ialfjurs name was met
with the cry "ShCot him - The Chelsea LID
crais met the same evening with Sir Charles
Dill1e and Lady bike on the platform, to when
Mr. Gladstone was invited but sent excuses. Biz
mingham, now divided against itself, held a Home
Isule gathering at the Town Hall, to hear Mr..
Dillon protest against the principles of Mr.
Chamberlain and Mr.. Fright. demonstration
at Hyde Park for Monday is being orsanlz'd on
a great scale. There viii be fourteen platforms
for fourteen different audiences The speakers
will be mostly Radicals of an extreme type. The
Social democrats, it is reported, will be allowed
:, platform to themselves. Reports of anti-Coer-
zion meetings Of all kinds arrive from all parts
Of The COUNTRY and accounts of american assen.
bage. for Tic same plIp0>e arrHe daily by caLlc
Mr. MOrlc,'s speech IN South London puts the
case against Coercion in series OF epgrams,
The bin. he declares, is not a bill against
crime il is bill against comblna
lion IL is not an instrument OF law and order ::
1T Is a llcce of political defiance IL is not bill
framed TO restore peace in Ireland it is bill to
challenge. if possible, triumph over polltlcai
opDoEcnts. Commenting on Mr.. Balfours quota
tions-which Mr. Morley calls stale quotations
from Mr. Gladstone, adduced to prove the latter's
lnconsistcn v he remarks that consistency is very
often only fine name for lncorrigiblhty. Re
fel1ing to Mr. Chamberlans former comparison
between ireland and Poland, Mr.. Morley cries ;
"If YOU pass this bill you arc not improving
You arc Russaniz nc your Government" They
can IT, SAID he a measure for the amendment OF
criminal procedure. 1t is much more than that
IL is the political triumph Of one party in the great
lIiSh struggle
Lord Randolph Churchill is thought to have
scored against lis eX-collcagues in the matter OF
reduced estimates Lord George Hamilton and
Mr.. W. II. Smith are both obliged TO admit that
the CLAIMS which Lord Randolph Churchill ad-
vanecd on the score Of economies, and to which
were due his protest and resignation, were sub
stantially true.
The French fuss over the Duke of Edinburgh's
fan Ia French AQmlral'S
excessive, but the Dukes cXpanat ion is regarded
Il ere as q humiliation. lie had saluting can
non. Not very long since the Admiralty had to
confess that it had sent ironclads TO sea with
orders not TO fire their big guns lest they should
burst, but nobody hitherto supposed the Navy
unable TO supply cannon or ceremonial uses. The
Duke says he left in hurry and forgot or had
no time to get them board. Everybody has
bundercd once more. Even the newspapers
wong about the etiquette which the Duke viO-
lated. But their anger against him is deep, and
the incident will add something TO his previous
unpopuarty
Professor 1yndalls resi- nat on OF the piof llslp
Of Natural Philosophy in the Royal Institution
which he has held since 1863, has been accepted
with deep re.ret by the managers. They desired
TO confer on him retiring allowance, but hc
declined. The managers thereupon nominated
him honorary professor and resolved tOchristen
one Of the ann, al iurses the Iyndall lecture
uhey have requested him TO sit for bust in
marble, which will be placed in the institution,
O companion TO that of Sir Michael Faraday and
many other eminent officers Of this distinguished
body. Loid kayleigh succeeds to the Chair of
Natural Philosophy. Pofcssor 1yndalrs health
Is sufficiently improved 10 enable him TO send
letter to "1he Times" Of Characteristic vigor on
lighthouse illuminants. lie attacks the Board
OF Trade and Trinity brethren in the hope, he
says TO correct the ecccntricities Of English
officials in their treatment Of lrish inventions.
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